Storage on driveway

[PierreBois]

We are changing things up a bit this winter in that we are planning on heading south after New Years. I have always stored my trailer on grass with a tarp between the ground and the tires. This year i am parking on my driveway for the time before we leave. My driveway is asphalt. I was once told that the rig shouldn't be stored on a concrete pad for any length of time, and now I wonder if the same holds true for asphalt. Thanks for any advice

[Cummins12V98]

larry barnhart wrote:
Our fifth is parked on concrete at home with plywood under the tires. 6 months and the next 6 months parked on gravel with plywood under the tires. Just my way of doing what I feel is good.

chevman

Yer a Carpenter, we use wood for everything!

[larry_barnhart]

Our fifth is parked on concrete at home with plywood under the tires. 6 months and the next 6 months parked on gravel with plywood under the tires. Just my way of doing what I feel is good.

chevman

[Grit_dog]

I need it makes the tire cops feel better, my shop and garage have epoxy coated floors and tires still leave a black mark on them when parked for a long time.
Too much ado about nothing....

[Cummins12V98]

Park where YA want!!! It's all a bunch of "Barbra Streisand".

[packnrat]

just do not let the tires sit in water. for like 6-8 months.

[enblethen]

Do not confuse sealer with curing compound.
Curing compound is sprayed on after pouring to aid setting of concrete
Sealer is sprayed after concrete has set. Curing compound should be washed off before sealer is applied.

[Lynnmor]

CapriRacer wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
Thanks for that important, useful information. Here is the issue explained for those with open minds: tire stains

There's a bit more to it than that.

Rubber will absorb petrochemicals - such as asphalt. So if you drive on a newly paved road, the tires will not only pickup some of that asphalt, but some of it will be absorbed by the tire. A tire will not only deposit the excess asphalt onto a garage floor, but some of the absorbed asphalt will too.

All I was trying to say was that something migrated from the tires to the floor. If concrete has the ability to absorb the rubber preservatives, then it might be a good idea to use a barrier.

The sealer that I used is to be applied immediately after the floor is finished. Other types of sealers need curing time before application. Again, this is about effects on the tire, so I mentioned concrete and sealer for more complete information.

Vehicles stored outdoors on concrete may not show the brown stain due to weather cleansing the surface. The asphalt theory may be the problem, I don't know. Since I live in PA where paving is rare so the only newly paved roads are some distance from my home base. I do know that tires get a brown color from the preservatives coming to the surface.

[Grit_dog]

This thread took a left turn....
Now I’m cornfused. I don’t know where to drive or park without destroying my tires !
I thought I had this world all figured out and now this? Couldn’t hardly sleep last night....










Lol

[CapriRacer]

Lynnmor wrote:
Thanks for that important, useful information. Here is the issue explained for those with open minds: tire stains

There's a bit more to it than that.

Rubber will absorb petrochemicals - such as asphalt. So if you drive on a newly paved road, the tires will not only pickup some of that asphalt, but some of it will be absorbed by the tire. A tire will not only deposit the excess asphalt onto a garage floor, but some of the absorbed asphalt will too.

[fj12ryder]

Lynnmor wrote:
My trailer always is parked at the exact same spot in my pole barn. The concrete floor had a sealer applied when new and now there are brown spots at each tire location. I believe that the preservative in the tires is slowly being absorbed by the concrete despite the sealer. I don't know if this has much of a negative effect on the tires, but my floor is getting uglier with each passing year.

My dually is parked on a non-sealed concrete pad for six months or more at a time, and I've noticed no discoloration of the concrete. It's possible the sealant is what is being discolored and not the concrete.

[RayJayco]

Lynnmor wrote:

My trailer always is parked at the exact same spot in my pole barn. The concrete floor had a sealer applied when new and now there are brown spots at each tire location. I believe that the preservative in the tires is slowly being absorbed by the concrete despite the sealer. I don't know if this has much of a negative effect on the tires, but my floor is getting uglier with each passing year.

Did you allow the concrete to cure at least 30 days before you applied the sealer?

[imgoin4it]

I don’t know the answer, but when I parked my motor home on concrete drive for a couple of months the contact area right under the tires were always black. About the same color as the tires. Spots are not there when I park for short periods of time and it’s not there when I put heavy plastic bags under the tires. I put heavy ( water softener salt bags) under the tires and will continue to do so.

[spoon059]

PierreBois wrote:
I was once told that the rig shouldn't be stored on a concrete pad for any length of time, and now I wonder if the same holds true for asphalt. Thanks for any advice

So... what do you think happens when people snowbird and spend 4 or 5 months parked on a concrete site in the south? What do you think happens when an RV is parked at a major dealership on concrete for months at a time until its sold?

Don't believe everything you read on the internet...

[Matt_Colie]

Pierre,

You have a lot here, but the one thing that has not been said is DO NOT STORE any vehicle (that can rust at all) over open soil. That soil will serve as a moisture source so increase the rate of corrosion to a remarkable level.

Matt